I don’t know why certain quarters here tend to say silly things and paint themselves in a bad light during the double celebration. Deeparaya is Deeparaya, no more no less, just to show how harmonious the Malaysian society can be (albeit sometimes merely superficial or plainly imaginative) during the festive seasons.

Nevertheless, I think Rajan Seri MENJ is right in one thing. Nobody can stop the others from minding their own business. Hindus can go on to celebrate Deepavali no matter how this idiotic good friend of mine and yang sewaktu dengannya called Hindu the faith that indulges in polytheism or idol worshipping. For this alone, we will consider upgrading MENJ’s Rajanship to Rajan Seri Paduka.

I too have a query, one only. Mamu is against mixing Holy Islam of Allah Almighty with faiths that indulges in polytheism or idol worshipping, such as Hindu or Buddhism or Taoism. So, does he mean it’s alright to mix the agama langits ? Shouldn’t be a problem to have Natalraya, to mark the birth of Yesus Kristus of Nazareth together with Eid-al-fitr, or Pesachraya, to commemorate Israelites’ keluaran dari Mesir (exodus from Egypt) under the leadership of Nabi Musa together with Eid-al-fitr ? If we can mix the food, the kuih-muihs, why not the names ? After all, there’s nothing beyond mixing the names !

The way I look at it, individual believers may wish to claim their religions being more superior, but from the state’s legal point of view, all are equal. No one is more equal than the rest. Monotheistic or otherwise, whether they worship idols, all are religions. It’s important to not only tolerate, but understand and respect each other, for the sake of national-building. And doing that doesn’t mean compromising on one’s faith, much less to “equate Allah with manmade idols, statuettes and any mankind inspired ideas of his or her own fantasies!”

In God we believe. In Buddha, Lord Krishna, Lord Siva, Said Baba etc you believe. Manmade idol and statuettes are just representation of their God, like our Perawan Maria, not their God itself. If we are as radical as some Muslim extremists, we can also tell Mamu who failed to see this, that, “Who are you to accuse Hindu as such ? It’s Hindu’s domestic issue. You are disqualified from discussing it!”

Luckily, there are still many of us who have a sound mind. Who know Deeparaya is just to mark our super slim racial harmony which is as thin as Kotex Ultraslim. Nobody is even questioning each others’ religious teachings, except Rajan Seri MENJ. Thank you very much to Khoo Choo Ki a.k.a. Minishorts, Lainie, Tariq Kamal a.k.a. T-Boy, Zeroimpact, Vincent, John Lee and the rest who have screwed bloody MENJ from behind. He memang asked for it :-)

I don’t have a dedicated entry for Deepafitri greetings. Let’s this be it. Shalom Deepavali and Merry Aidilfitri to all of you !

Lunatics :

Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi : DeepaRaya ? Sacriligeous!
Mamu : Deeparaya : What would they think of next ?

Enlightenments :

Vincent : Sad
Lainie : kjsetgkh
Minishorts : A Letter to MENJ
Zeroimpact : Mutual Respect
T-Boy : On Being Multi-Cultural
John Lee : Is Deeparaya Sacrilegious ?

p/s : Pardon my poor English. I didn’t know what’s sacrilegious, thus I searched for it in Dictionary.com, which tells me :
sac·ri·le·gious
adj.

1. Grossly irreverent toward what is or is held to be sacred.
2. Having committed sacrilege.

sacri·legious·ly adv.
sacri·legious·ness n.

Just a thought. Don’t you think coupling the name of Islam’s prophet, Muhammed, to Elfie Nieshaem Juferi, is sacrilegious, too ?